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Zarah Sultana vs Emily Thornberry

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 849 shared comparable votes.

776 same votes 73 different votes 849 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
24 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 13 No
Housing 73% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 84% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 12 No
Benefits 86% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
55.7% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.3% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

17
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
83
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
17
-141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
133
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
65 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API